Beyond Cronbach's Alpha: Considering Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Segmentation

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-148

  Shelby, Lori B ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cronbach's alpha; Internal consistency; Reliability; Scale development; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE;

EID: 79953159125     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2011.537302     Document Type: Article

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